Materials
Newsprint paper
Finger paint paper
Blue and white tempera paint Paint Smock
Water in a plastic tub
Polar Bear Template
Directions
Cover your workspace by taping newspaper to the table. From newsprint paper, cut out a polar bear shape and place it in a shallow pan of water. Once the paper is wet, allow excess water to drip off and lay the polar bear in the center of a piece of finger paint paper. It will “stick” to the finger paint paper. (Finger paint paper resists water and is sturdier for this activity.) Help your child spoon some blue and white tempera paint onto the finger paint paper and mixing the colors with their fingers and covering the whole paper with paint. Once the paper is covered with paint, allow the paint to set for a few minutes. Then carefully help your child peel off the polar bear shape. He will be excited to see the white polar bear shaped in the middle of the painting. Dry completely and display.
Read, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle